Investing.com – Spain equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Building & Construction, Consumer Goods and Chemical, Petroleum & Plastic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Madrid, the IBEX 35 fell 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the IBEX 35 were International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A. (MC:ICAG), which rose 3.10% or 0.125 points to trade at 4.159 at the close. BBVA (MC:BBVA) added 2.98% or 0.163 points to end at 5.628 and Melia Hotels (MC:MEL) was up 1.80% or 0.195 points to 11.020 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Gamesa (MC:GAM), which lost 2.81% or 0.585 points to trade at 20.230 in late trade. Tecnicas Reunidas (MC:TRE) declined 2.26% or 0.815 points to end at 35.180 and Arcel. Mittal (MC:MTS) shed 2.20% or 0.128 points to 5.701.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 100 to 89 and 27 ended unchanged on the Madrid Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.15% or 1.85 to $1258.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.13% or 0.58 to hit $50.77 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.30% or 0.69 to trade at $52.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1060, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.9060.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.67% at 97.56.